Leap Day

It is leap day! I find it a good thing, I can always use an extra day. I just wish I had nothing to do today. But, maybe since I have an extra day I will get close to being caught up!
I found this article that had different views on the day.



February 29, 2008
One day. Or 24 hours. Or 1,440 minutes. Or 86,400 seconds.
However you count it, today is a calendar bonus that comes only every four years.

For some, such as business owners, leap day can mean extra profit. For others, such as, say, people who clean portable toilets, it's another day to clean portable toilets.

Leap day is necessary to keep the calendar on track. A solar year – the time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun – is actually about six hours longer than the 365 days in a normal calendar year.

Traditionally, leap day is a time for women to propose to men, and for people born Feb. 29 to throw really special birthday parties.

But it can come in handy in other ways. For some who might be in a stressful period, such as accountants facing the April 15 tax deadline or taxpayers facing accountant time, the day offers some relief. “An extra day is always welcome,” said Dion Gouws, a La Jolla certified public accountant. “We're pretty busy.” So count him in. He's all for it.

Salaried employees are basically working free today, said Kelly Cunningham, an economist with the San Diego Institute for Policy Research. Hourly workers are luckier because their pay is tied to the time they work.
“I'm giving my employer an extra day of work,” said Cunningham, who gets a salary. “Maybe I'll call in sick.”

It's not that bad for students. Even though public schools are open today, the school calendar is adjusted so students are in class the same number of days, leap year or not.

Spring time in the desert

I was looking out my window from my sewing room (and what did I see?) and saw all the blossoms on our plum tree. It is so pretty and it is only the end of February! The peach tree is not far behind it either there are very tiny pink blossoms on it. I had to take these pictures for all of you that are still up to your waist in snow. There is hope for you to come. We are enjoying high 60's here this week, so it won't be long before all our trees have leaves.

Mike and I

I realized that I did not have a picture of Mike and I yet. This one was taken last year on our anniversary, on the train to the Grand Canyon.

Dresses

I wanted to add a few pictures of wedding gowns that I have made. Here are a few of my most recent favorites. Of course Lauren's (my daughter) would be one of my favorites.

This one was challenge, she had a picture of the dress she wanted but they could not get it in her size in time for the wedding, so I got to piece the lace together to get the design she wanted.
This one was so different from any that I had done before. I loved it. She brought me pictures of several dresses she like and we combined them to make what she wanted and to make it temple ready also.
Details of the previous dress just a closer look. You may see the pins in the bodice, I wasn't quite finished yet.
The back of Lauren's dress.
This is a costume I made for a girl from Las Vegas High School madrigal choir. We have known Heather since she was probably 5 or 6 years old! It was fun making this dress for her. I guess I need to find a better place to take pictures, doesn't my bathroom make a lovely backdrop!

Melissa's visit

Melissa and the kids came for a long weekend in January. It was so nice having them here. (Curry was in Ghana at the time) We had fun with Jaman helping with every meal. He loved helping Papa cook and Kelly bake cookies.

It was also fun being awaken each morning by a little knock at the door and hear Asher ask "Where's Papa?" Since they had left with snow on the ground in Utah, it was a nice treat for them to be able to go to the park and play on the swings. We found out that Asher loves the slide! When we would go outside Asher would ask, "Where snow?".

Grandkids

Here are two pictures of the grandkids! Who knew that grandkids were so much more fun than your own kids. We love to spend time with them as much as possible.

We think they are pretty darn cute!

It Seams Sew's new home

Since we have lived in this house, I have not had a real home for my sewing. I have moved from room to room as we have switched bedrooms between kids. I now have the downstairs bedroom all to myself and I even put my name on the wall so everyone will know it is my room!

Late last year my sewing machine (that was my graduation present 30 years ago this year), gave out again. I had it serviced and the man told me that I used it too much and too hard and that I might want to consider a new machine. I looked and looked for an industrial machine that I could afford and finally found one on ebay! So after painting my new room Mike and I assembled the new machine with instructions in Chineese, and it has the proud place of honor in my new room. I hung a full size mirror for fittings. I also purchased a blindstitch machine to do hems much faster than by hand. I really feel that I am in bussiness now. It is fun to have customers come and I can say, come this way to my sewing studio.

Meet the Freitag's

Here we are!

The first picture is all of us at Thanksgiving. We met Melissa and family in Cedar City for the day. We had to have a picture of all of us. Starting in the back row is Lauren, Nancy, Mike, and Leslie. Front row is Garn (Lauren's husband) Melissa, Curry (Melissa's husband)holding Jaman and Asher, Kelly holding Elizabeth (Melissa and Curry's foster daughter for a few months).

Picture 2 is Melissa and Curry with Jaman (8) and Asher (about 14 months at the time)

Picture 3 is Kelly, Mike and Leslie at Temple Square at Christmas time

Picture 4 is Lauren and Garn from their wedding Day.

New to this

I have enjoyed looking at other's blogs so I thought I would give this a try. So forgive me if I am doing this wrong! It might be fun to keep up with family and I would like to add pictures here of some of the wedding gowns and other dresses I have made, making this a forum for others to view them.